Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-30
MAKING CHOCOLATE.
THE PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING
THE COCOA CAKES OF COMMERCE.
Picking Ont ttad Kernel. aud Defective
Notwithstanding and Mixing III. Cocoa
and the Sugar-fhe Last Working.
Finished Tablets.

The first operation is the picking over
The cocoa bean comes in bags II i
shaken 10 get rid ot any foreign budi,.
which may have gotten mixed III Al tn
! time Of gathering-r- Oble>. blis uf WOO,
and leaves
Al the same time had kernels and de
fecilNe berries are spird out The sieN,
/ which Is used in this operation il "A mos
wonderful affair. the berries and stick,
and stones falling through the holes whici
/ they lit and thus hriug quite separated
/ The sorted COCOA il then broken up in .
sort Of mill, each separate hoppe" hold
Ing about - Kilograms Th, operation
which lasts from threc-quarlrr> Of al
hour Ia an hour. il very delicate Upon
it, success depends that uf whole periol
OF bnn-hon making
Then comes the winnuwing and hruiS
ins oi the berry i'll machine similar il
Use tS Well aS appearance 10 an old fash
toned Hour mill with its CrindstoneS. II
bruised the bean between two flutcd cylin
dcr>. while vrntilator blows out tn,
fragments ot skin or shell. and the grain
oi the cocoa. by reason Of its weight, fall,
below. on leaving the machine the cuca
goes {" n new group of ''pickerS over.
VIII" subject each fragment of berry to q
last and close examination
COCOA AND SUGAR.
The cocoa is now at the point Of he
coming paste. Ten Years ago this change
was accomplished by hand work alone.
The cocoa and sugar-the only ingredients
OF healthful, pure chcolate-were
pourgded in mortar by the aid of a pestle,
then spread upon stone table, gently
warmed from underneath. The workman
finished the hrui>inG and the mixing by
rolling the mass with a rolling pin until
the blending WAS complete
To-day the hruSing and the mixing Of
the cocoa and the sugar il done lzcchanic-
ally III n series nf granite basins These
basins, hung upon n vertical aNle. turn
slowly while the cocoa is again htiup
ground and stirred by two small grind
stones hung above.
The sort of butter which the cocoa berry
contains and the correct Temperature
maintained beneath the granite basin,
soon brings about the Cpmmingling of the
COCOA and the sugar INTO "a Homogeneous
paste. The grinders complete the trans
formation by flating the paste between
tw" diamond shaped cylinders, also of
granite. This mechanism can be so recr-
lated ~ 20 make he mixture fine or coarss
in quality aS may he desired.
After leaving the grinders the chocolate
l. placed in driving house. from which it
comes for a new going over.
THE LAST WORKING.
This last working of the paste brings il
into the human hand, which beats il thor
oughly, striking il on the granite table.
thereby giving it its incompatible fine
ness. This working has also for an object
the bringing of all parts of the paste 10
the same temperature. Once thoroughly
warmed it i then run through a pipe into
a sort Of cone, where. by means of
screw, the last air bubbles are squeezed
out, and il comes forth looking like a.
black pudding There remains nothing
now hut the Very last appearance Of all
that of the tablet. Upon the table where
the molds are placed tn. workman spreads
his paste ont evenly. pressing ii down
smoothly i'll all directions 10y wide sweeps
of his arm. For this operation no machine
can replace the man. II Is necessary IL
have motions as well calculated and as va.
rious a. those Of the human hand IL
arrive at the desired result. which is t.
give 10 the paste that hrilliancy and
shine which makes the finished tablet.
50 tempting To the eye.
The cakes are nodded while cooling
They are cooled down below OH the |
tables set up in a long suhterranean gal !
ery made expressly for the purpo>e-a
tunnel. in fact Beneath the |
ables passes stream of cool air At the !
md Of half an hour the chocolate is cool, .
shrunk little and drawn |
away from the mold. of which each is. by |
he way, the very image.
There remains nothing but o. make the |
oilet uf the cake that it may appear to |
he world. F. B. Merrill in New York /.
iraphic.